Purpose

This report is to ask Cabinet to agree to
enter into a S75 Legal Agreement in order to pool and receive the
Better Care Fund Monies for the current financial year. It is a
national planning requirement of the BCF that a s75 underpins the
BCF plan between local authorities and their ICB.

Decision

RESOLVED:
 
A.  
That Cabinet delegated authority to the Executive
Director for Adult Social Care, Integrated Care and Public Health
in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Health & Social
Care,:
• To
negotiate and finalise the terms for the s75 Agreement for Better
Care Funded Services between the Council and the SWL ICB
• To
negotiate and finalise appropriate terms for any variations to the
s75 Agreement for Better Care Funded Services, in consultation with
the Cabinet Member for Health & Social Care.
 

B. The Cabinet agreed to enter into a S75 agreement,
retrospectively, covering the financial year 2023/24 (the first
financial year of the current BCF Plan), in accordance with the
Council’s constitution and in order for the 2023/24 s75
agreement to have legal sign off.